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Shift Cable: Service and Repair

TRANSMISSION CONTROL CABLE ASSY (MTM)
REPLACEMENT

HINT: COMPONENTS: See Shift Lever, M/T; Diagrams; Exploded Views.

1. REMOVE FRONT FLOOR HEAT INSULATOR NO.1
2. REMOVE SHIFT LEVER KNOB SUB-ASSY
3. REMOVE CONSOLE BOX SUB-ASSY REAR





4. SEPARATE FLOOR SHIFT SHIFT LEVER ASSY
a. Separate the wire harness.





b. Remove the 4 bolts and separate the floor shift shift lever assy.





5. REMOVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL CABLE ASSY
a. Remove the clip, and separate the cable end of the transmission control select cable from the floor shift shift lever assy.





b. Using a screwdriver, release the claw.
c. Separate the transmission control select cable from the shift lever retainer.





d. Remove the clip, and separate the cable end of the transmission control shift cable from the floor shift shift lever assy.





e. Using a screwdriver, release the claw.
f. Separate the transmission control shift cable from the floor shift shift lever assy.





g. Remove the 2 clips and the 2 washers, and separate the 2 cables from the manual transaxle.
h. Remove the 2 clips, and separate the 2 cables from the control cable bracket.





i. Remove the 2 bolts and the retainer from the floor.





j. Remove the retainer from the grommet.
k. Remove the transmission control select cable from the grommet.





l. Remove the bolt and the clamp.
m. Pull out the transmission control select cable and transmission control shift cable through the floor hole.





6. INSTALL TRANSMISSION CONTROL CABLE ASSY
a. Install the clamp with the bolt.
Torque: 5.0 Nm (51 kgf-cm, 44 in. lbs.)
b. Push in the transmission control select cable and transmission control shift cable through the floor hole and the retainer.
c. Install the transmission control cable assy on the grommet.





d. Install the retainer on the grommet.

NOTICE: Fit the protections of the grommet into the hole of the retainer.





e. Install the retainer on the floor with the 2 bolts.
Torque: 5.0 Nm (51 kgf-cm, 44 in. lbs.)
f. Connect the transmission control cable assy to the floor shift shift lever assy.





g. Connect the end of the transmission control shift cable to the floor shift shift lever assy.





h. Connect the end of the transmission control select cable to the floor shift shift lever assy and install the clip.

NOTICE:
^ The serrate part of the select cable point should face upward when the select cable point is connected.
^ The clip should be inserted in the direction as shown in the illustration.





i. Connect the 2 cable ends, and install the 2 washers and the 2 clips.
j. Install 2 new clips on the control cable bracket.





7. INSTALL FLOOR SHIFT SHIFT LEVER ASSY
a. Install the floor shift shift lever assy with the 4 bolts.
Torque: 12 Nm (120 kgf-cm, 9 ft. lbs.)





b. Install the wire harness.
8. INSTALL CONSOLE BOX SUB-ASSY REAR
9. INSTALL SHIFT LEVER KNOB SUB-ASSY
10. INSTALL FRONT FLOOR HEAT INSULATOR NO.1
Torque: 5.5 Nm (56 kgf-cm, 49 in. lbs.)